Biochemical factors in the blood serum of neuroendocrine tumor patients with carcinoid syndrome by N. V. Lyubimova, Yu. S. Timofeev, A. V. Lebedeva, A. V. Artamonova, I. S. Stilidi, N. E. Kushlinskii

“…Analysis of levels and diagnostic efficiency evaluation of chromogranin A (CgA), serotonin, pro-brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-BB) in the blood serum of neuroendocrine tumors patients with various clinical manifestations, including carcinoid syndrome and carcinoid heart disease.Materials and methods. 66 patients with neuroendocrine tumors of various localizations were examined (pancreas – 24 cases, small intestine – 21, large intestine – 6, lungs – 10, unkown primary focus – 5). 38 patients had liver metastases. …”
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Polyphenol-rich extracts enhance growth, immune function, and antioxidant defense in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Aghil Mansoori, Hamid Allaf Noveirian, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Mirmasoud Sajjadi, Ghasem Ashouri, Ghasem Ashouri, Roberta Imperatore, Marina Paolucci

“…Growth performance, feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency, hepatosomatic and viscerosomatic indices, hematological parameters, immunity markers, hepatic antioxidant enzyme activities, and intestinal cytokine expression were determined.ResultsPMIX supplementation significantly improved feed conversion ratios, while groups P0.5 and P1 evidenced an increase in growth performance along with protein efficiency ratios. …”
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Genetic architecture of thermotolerance traits in beef cattle: a novel integration of SNP and breed-of-origin effects by Gabriel A. Zayas, Camila Santos Rojas, Eduardo E. Rodriguez, Aakilah S. Hernandez, Ashley M. Beard, Fahad Rafiq, Kaitlyn M. Sarlo Davila, Raluca G. Mateescu

“…Crossbreeding Bos t. taurus and Bos t. indicus has emerged as a critical strategy to balance the production efficiency of taurine breeds with the superior thermotolerance of indicine breeds. …”
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Design and Innovative Application of Ship CCUS Technology Under the Requirements of Green Shipping by Niyu Zhang, Xinpeng Wang, Cong Wang, Zhongxiu Peng, Youxiao Chen, Lianhao Liu, Lijie Chen, Jiawei Hu, Wei Wei, Xuesong Li

“…We developed clustered storage units to ensure secure CO₂ storage while maximizing economic efficiency, with optimal deployment determined through parameter optimization. …”
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Separation and Preconcentration of Trace Amounts of Manganese and Nickel from Natural Water Samples by a Diimine Derivative Schiff Base-Coated Silica-Gel Minicolumn by Reyhaneh Rahnama, Mohammad Reza Jamali

“…An efficient method for preconcentration of trace amounts of Mn (II) and Ni (II) ions by using a minicolumn (10 mm × 30 mm i.d.) filled with a diimine derivative Schiff base on silica-gel has been reported. …”
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A novel time difference of arrival localization algorithm using a neural network ensemble model by Zhenkai Zhang, Feng Jiang, Boyuan Li, Bing Zhang

“…Finally, the weighted average method is improved to combine the outputs of the different individual neural network, where weights are determined by the training errors. …”
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Fragmented software‐based self‐test technique for online intermittent fault detection in processors by Vasudevan Matampu Suryasarman, Santosh Biswas, Aryabartta Sahu

“…A study of fragmented SBST testing approaches is conducted to select the most efficient fragmented testing strategy. For the selected fragmented SBST method, a reliable set of SBST code fragments with minimal fault detection latency is determined. …”
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BUN‐to‐ALB ratio as an effective predictor of 30 day mortality in ADHF patients in eastern China by Xin Huang, Chao Wang, Shiming He, Guoan Jian, Kun Jiang, Zihao Lu, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou, Guobo Xie

“…ROC curve analysis determined that the predictive efficiency of BAR for short‐term mortality in ADHF patients was ~84%, with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.84. …”
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Immobilization of Oat Bran Polyphenols in Complex Coacervates of Whey Protein and Malthodextrin by Zyaitdinov Damir R., Ewteew Alexandr V., Bannikova Anna V.

“…After that, the mixes were treated by ultrasonication and 10% w/w of guar gum solution as double wall material. The encapsulation efficiency (EE) was determined as a ratio of encapsulated phenolic content to total phenolic content. …”
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Direct and rapid screening of four organic compound metabolites in urine by paper spray mass spectrometry by Junyu PAN, Mengmeng LIU, Qiang ZENG

“…The analysis time per sample was approximately 1-2 min using paper spray mass spectrometry, compared to 1-2 h for reference methods.ConclusionThe paper spray mass spectrometry method established in this study for detecting four organic compound metabolites in urine is characterized by its simplicity, rapidity, efficiency, and high accuracy. …”
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Mucilage Extracted from Dragon Fruit Peel (Hylocereus undatus) as Flocculant for Treatment of Dye Wastewater by Coagulation and Flocculation Process by Oanh Thi Hoang Le, Le Nhat Tran, Van Thi Doan, Quang Van Pham, Anh Van Ngo, Huan Huu Nguyen

“…The addition of dragon fruit mucilage (0.5-50 mg/L) after PACl (75-245 mg/L) resulted in turbidity removal efficiencies up to 95%. The addition of mucilage extracted from dragon fruit peels was proven to increase turbidity removal efficiency and decrease PACl use. …”
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An integrated deep convolutional neural networks framework for the automatic segmentation and grading of glioma tumors using multimodal MRI scans by Otung John Peter Odong, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad, Moataz Abdelwahab

“…A thorough performance evaluation of CNN architectures based on pre-trained (ResNet50, EfficientNetB0, DensNet121, EfficientNetB2, and ResNet152V2) was conducted on a three-class dataset of glioma, meningioma, and pituitary tumors to determine the best model for tumor grading. …”
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Automatic Real-Time Detection and Diagnosis of Liver Tumor with Ultrasound by Wu CH, Sheu JC, Chou PL, Lee J, Nien HC

“…Deep learning models included ResNet50, Xception, Inception Resnet V2, EfficientNet-B5, EfficientNetV2-S, EfficientNetV2-L, Swin-T, and Swin-B for diagnosis and YOLOR for lesion detection. …”
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Research on anti-error operation warning of power grid dispatching based on deep bidirectional gated recurrent neural network by Jinglong He, Dunlin Zhu, Sheng Yang, Jinming Liu, Tianyun Luo, Yuan Fu

“… To improve the security and overall efficiency of grid scheduling work and accurately optimize scheduling decisions, a grid scheduling error-proof operation warning method based on a deep bidirectional gated recurrent neural network is proposed. …”
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Evaluation of salt tolerance in hybrid progeny of apple rootstock Malus prunifolia × R3 by JIAO Caidi, WEI Jiangtong, JIA Xumei, LI Cuiying, LI Chao, MA Fengwang

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Bismuth Basic Nitrate as a Novel Adsorbent for Azo Dye Removal by E. A. Abdullah, A. H. Abdullah, Z. Zainal, M. Z. Hussein, T. K. Ban

“…Bismuth basic nitrate (BBN) and its TiO2-Ag modified sorbent, PTBA were successfully synthesized via a precipitation method. The structural characteristics of prepared sorbents were determined through different analytical techniques. …”
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Conversion relationships and three-dimensional storage and utilization modes of four water resources in an open-pit mining area by Tianci CHEN, Zhimin XU, Yajun SUN, Jie FANG, Qiangmin WANG, Xiaofeng XIONG, Yuhao ZHU, Zihan LU, Fei WAN

“…Concurrently, the failure of efficient mine water storage intensifies the regional water shortage.MethodsThis study investigated a typical open-pit coal mine in eastern Inner Mongolia. …”
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Biorefinery of sunflower by-products: Optimization of twin-screw extrusion for novel biostimulants by Jing Li, Hoang Khai Trinh, Lucas Tricoulet, Stéphane Ballas, Laurent Labonne, Danny Geelen, Philippe Evon

“…To improve the cost-efficiency of extraction, we determined the key procedure of TSE extraction within the production chain for biostimulants derived from sunflower bark and heads. …”
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Enhancing Youbike Redistribution System: A Study on Station Recommendation Using a Genetic Algorithm by Yang-Chou Juan, Yi-Chung Chen, Wei-Ting Chen, Chieh Yang, Chia-Tzu Liu, Yi-Ci Hou, Yi-Hsuan Tsai

“…Simulations demonstrated that the proposed system meets user needs, enhances operational efficiency, and significantly reduces manual redistribution costs. …”
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The Use of Thyme (<i>Thymus vulgaris</i>) Essential Oil for Controlling Cercospora Leaf Spot (<i>Cercospora beticola</i>) on Sugar Beets (<i>Beta vulgaris</i>) by Agnieszka Kiniec, Maciej Spychalski, Wojciech Miziniak, Magdalena Palacz, Rafal Kukawka

“…Based on the results obtained, thyme EO was subjected to further testing in field conditions, where its efficiency in controlling <i>C. beticola</i> was also proven. …”
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